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dream_labyrinth*headdesk*
I found my key.
It was sitting in one of the bookshelves were I likely put it to have both hands free for shelving.
Gah, stupid! But at least I have it now. *phew*
Anyway, to some more interesting things:
A question to all those of you who live in Scotland, have been to Scotland or would like to go to Scotland.
1. What are the things I should definitely try to see on my vacation? This can be anything from a beautiful town, lake or mountain to an interesting museum or a must-see event. (I'll be likely going in August, the last two weeks of August, to be more precise.)
2. If I don't want to rent a car, what is the best way to get around? Does BritishRail reach most places that might be interesting, does a major coach service like National Express go there? (This is important for me to check whether it's worth it to buy a ticket that's valid for the whole of my stay or if I should rather buy individual tickets as I'd be traveling with many different services.)
3. For those from a country where people drive on the right hand side and who have traveled to a country where they don't: is it hard to adjust? How do you get used to shifting gears with the wrong hand?
4.
I think I'm going to try to organize or rather not organize this trip very much like England last year. It's nice to be so flexible. Also, I calculated that I paid about 1200 Euros including plane and bus tickets, accomodation and souvenirs for England last year, which isn't too bad and much cheaper than most of the decent tours of Scotland that I've seen so far. Even the camping tour by bus that the Youth Hostel Association offers costs about 1000 Euros and that is not including one night that you apparently have to spend in a hotel, entrance fees and food. And it would mean sleeping in one tent with everybody in the group.
I'm not a big fan of camping anyway.
I found my key.
It was sitting in one of the bookshelves were I likely put it to have both hands free for shelving.
Gah, stupid! But at least I have it now. *phew*
Anyway, to some more interesting things:
A question to all those of you who live in Scotland, have been to Scotland or would like to go to Scotland.
1. What are the things I should definitely try to see on my vacation? This can be anything from a beautiful town, lake or mountain to an interesting museum or a must-see event. (I'll be likely going in August, the last two weeks of August, to be more precise.)
2. If I don't want to rent a car, what is the best way to get around? Does BritishRail reach most places that might be interesting, does a major coach service like National Express go there? (This is important for me to check whether it's worth it to buy a ticket that's valid for the whole of my stay or if I should rather buy individual tickets as I'd be traveling with many different services.)
3. For those from a country where people drive on the right hand side and who have traveled to a country where they don't: is it hard to adjust? How do you get used to shifting gears with the wrong hand?
4.
I think I'm going to try to organize or rather not organize this trip very much like England last year. It's nice to be so flexible. Also, I calculated that I paid about 1200 Euros including plane and bus tickets, accomodation and souvenirs for England last year, which isn't too bad and much cheaper than most of the decent tours of Scotland that I've seen so far. Even the camping tour by bus that the Youth Hostel Association offers costs about 1000 Euros and that is not including one night that you apparently have to spend in a hotel, entrance fees and food. And it would mean sleeping in one tent with everybody in the group.
I'm not a big fan of camping anyway.
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Date: 2006-05-15 10:41 pm (UTC)I'm glad you got your key. If it makes you feel better I once lost my glasses. I looked all over and couldn't find them. Eventually I was getting hungry so I looked in the freezer for something to eat, and there sitting atop frozen foods were my glasses. I'm still not sure how they got there, but I must have taken them off to rub my eyes or something when I last looked in the freezer, and rested them in there.
I've also lost my coffee mug at work a few times. Since I'm tall I tend to put it on high up places, like the tops of the book stacks if I'm returning t my office and I get distracted with something. I just have to look all over for my mug, because nobody else in the building is tall enough to see the places I tend to put it.